North Highlands
Eddy Current Suppression Ring, the Goodnight Loving, The Ponys, Disappears, Woven Bones, Wild Nothing & more in This Week in Indie
DOWNLOAD: Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Anxiety (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Goodnight Loving – The Pan (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Goodnight Loving – Nothing Conquers Us (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Disappears – Gone Completely (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Woven Bones – Guess You Already Knew (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Woven Bones – Your Way With My Life (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Ponys – Check the Door (MP3)
I haven’t been this excited about a weekend of music in a long time…
Fulton Stall Market opened, North Higlands played a set (pics)
“Memorial Day weekend marks the return of the Fulton Stall Market, the only outdoor food market serving lower Manhattan’s historic Seaport District…
No Joy, North Highlands, Besnard Lakes, Luyas, Eternal Summers, Twin Sister & more in This Week in Indie
DOWNLOAD: Braids – Lemonade (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: No Joy – No Joy (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Psychobuildings – Birds of Prey (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: North Highlands – Sugar Lips (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Besnard Lakes – Albatross (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Land of Talk – May You Never (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Cheap Time – Woodland Drive (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Bad Sports -On Video (MP3)
Owen Pallett playing w/ the Luyas @ Webster Hall (more by Sarahana)
It’s Memorial Day Weekend which used to mean, if you stayed in town, there was nothing to do except go see whatever piece of crap Hollywood was foisting upon us, hang out at backyard BBQs (not a bad thing at all), and enjoy a relatively emptied-out city…
Sound Bites Lunchtime Series @ the Seaport (free shows from noon-two in May & June!)
South Street Seaport (more by Chris La Putt)
Bill Pearis teamed up with the folks behind the South Street Seaport concerts to put together a “Lunchtime Series” of free shows at Pier 17 this summer…
Rooftop Films - initial 2010 schedule includes pre-season kick-off tonight, Hanne Hukkelberg, Twin Sister, more
Rooftop Films opening 2009 @ Open Road Rooftop (more by Ryan Muir)
Rooftop Films will open this year with a May 14th film & music event at Open Road Rooftop (above New Design High School, 350 Grand St in NYC), with music from Twin Sister (who have shows at a taqueria and elsewhere coming up)…
Eternal Summers, Natural Child, Beach Fossils, Regal Degal, North Highlands, Twin Sister & more in This Week in Indie
DOWNLOAD: Eternal Summers – Able To (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Beach Fossils – Youth (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: North Highlands – Collarbone (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Regal Degal – I Saw the Smoke (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Common Loon – Dinosaur Vs…
Cold Cave, a surprise headliner, Screaming Females, Japanther & other bands playing upcoming free NYU shows
Cold Cave @ Market Hotel during CMJ (more by Leia Jospe)
Cold Cave and a surprise headliner will top a free concert on Saturday, April 24th at Solar One (same location as the annual CitySol, 23rd Street at East River) as part of NYU Earth Week…
L Magazine lists 8 (more) "Bands You Need to Hear"
The L Magazine‘s fifth annual “8 NYC Bands You Need to Hear” issue just hit the streets and the internet. It’s got some familiar names (Twin Sister, North Highlands, Oberhofer) and some less-known ones (Nohow On, Asa Ransom)…
Wild Beasts, Morning Benders, Patrick Bower, Toro y Moi, Hospitality, A Sunny Day in Glasgow, more in This Week in Indie
DOWNLOAD: Toro Y Moi – Blessa (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Patrick Bower – The Dark Lord of Love (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Morning Benders – Promises (MP3)
Wild Beasts @ Union Pool in 2009 (more by Tim Griffin)
Of all the things going on this week — and there is no shortage of options as usual — my number one pick would be for you to see Wild Beasts, who are on tour and play Bowery Ballroom on Friday (2/26, sold out) and Music Hall of Williamsburg on Sunday (2/28) Tickets still available for the Brooklyn show and we have a pair to giveaway…
Wild Nothing, So Cow, Obits, North Highlands, Christmas Island, Harlem, Diamond Nights & more in This Week in Indie
DOWNLOAD: Harlem – Friendly Ghost (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Christmas Island – Bed Island (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: North Highlands – Sugar Lips (MP3)
It’s a good week in New York for lovers of no-muss-no-fuss garage rock — there’s a lot of it in town…
